Nurse Assistant

Plan now to attend the information session.
It is mandatory that interested students attend a Nurse Assisting (NA) Information Session.

Nursing Assistant Information Sessions for Summer 2015 Classes:

Every Monday through July 27, 2015 1:00 - 2:00 pm, room G126.There will be no information session on July 6, 2015

The Nurse Assisting (NA) program prepares students for entry level employment in various health care settings as a nursing assistant. The program (NUR158) combines classroom instruction with clinical laboratory (at PVCC), skilled care (nursing home) and, when possible, acute care (hospital) experiences. Students who complete the program are eligible to take a written and practical certification examination and work as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). Licensing requirements are the exclusive responsibility of the Arizona State Board of Nursing. www.azbn.gov

Upon satisfactory completion of the Nursing Assistant Course (NUR 158), the student is eligible to receive a certificate of completion from Paradise Valley Community College.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Admission Requirement Changes

General Overview

MCCCD health care programs has made changes to their student background check standards. These changes are necessary for students admitted September 1, 2011 or after because some of MCCCD's largest clinical experience hospital partners have established more stringent background check standards for students that are equivalent to the background check standards the hospitals use when they are hiring their own new employees. In order for MCCCD students to be able to continue to complete their required clinical experiences at local hospitals and to be eligible for employment after graduation, MCCCD students must meet these new standards.

MCCCD understands that some students who have been waiting to enroll in a program may not be able to attend based on the more stringent requirements that are now in place; however, students who cannot be placed in a clinical setting – and thus are unable to complete their program of study – will have wasted time, effort and educational investment. In the interest of ensuring that students avoid this predicament as well as ensuring that MCCCD programs comply with the strict standards of all clinical agency partners, MCCCD must take direction from the clinical partners.

Please read all material related to the changes in admission requirements and continued enrollment in the both NURSING and Nurse Assistant Programs.

Submit a complete ​CNA​ Application Packet to the ​Nursing office, Bldg. G, #115. Students cannot register for NUR158 until their ​C​NA Application has been ​reviewed and ​approved by the PVCC Nursing Department.